Qunihico Hashimoto met Arnold Schoenberg in Los Angeles when he was returning to Japan.
Qunihico Hashimoto's music combines elements of late romanticism, expressionism, impressionism, and traditional Japanese music.
The ballet music 'Heavenly Maiden and Fisherman' by Qunihico Hashimoto is based on material from a Noh play.
The third movement of Hashimoto's Symphony No.1 features variations and a fugue based on material derived from a Gagaku-like ceremonial song.
Hashimoto's Symphony No.1 was composed to celebrate the 2600th anniversary of Japan's foundation.
Qunihico Hashimoto, a leading Japanese composer, studied with Egon Wellesz in Vienna and associated with Alois Hába and Ernst Křenek.
This album was recorded at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space from July 24th to 26th, 2001, with Peter Newble as producer and Tony Faulkner as engineer.
